Monthly Highlights
5191.
Lego Introduces Smart Bricks (cnet.com)
5192.
Trump signals US may expand focus to Cuba (reuters.com)
5193.
Bose open-sources its SoundTouch smart speakers ahead of end-of-life (arstechnica.com)
5194.
The mystery of flight MH370: will a new search find the missing airliner (theguardian.com)
5195.
New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches to tap-and-go fares (apnews.com)
5196.
AI Californication
5197.
C# wins Tiobe Programming Language of the Year honors for 2025 (infoworld.com)
5198.
Show HN: Isit2026yet.com – A single-serving site for the New Year (isit2026yet.com)
5199.
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks by Major Distributor (publishersweekly.com)
5200.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect medical records (theverge.com)
5201.
RFK, Jr., shifts focus to questioning whether cell phones are safe (scientificamerican.com)
5202.
Germany Considers Broader Legal Authority; Internet Surveillance, State Hacking (reclaimthenet.org)
5203.
Deutsche Bank says the 'honeymoon is over' for AI – CNBC (cnbc.com)
5204.
Donut Lab – first all-solid-state battery. Production Ready Today (donutlab.com)
5205.
Liberals have to reckon with the limits of protests (bostonglobe.com)
5206.
Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (Drop) (consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov)
5207.
Android Tablet as Mac Display
5208.
The Successor to Research Unix Was Plan 9 from Bell Labs (theregister.com)
5209.
Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot (bleepingcomputer.com)
5210.
Danish Pension Fund AkademikerPension to Exit US Treasuries (bloomberg.com)
5211.
The Brazen Illegality of Trump's Venezuela Operation (newyorker.com)
5212.
Show HN: Tt – P2P terminal sharing over WebRTC
5213.
Immigrant Derangement Syndrome (paulkrugman.substack.com)
5214.
We've been vibe coding since the Stone Age: Do we still need humans in the loop? (blog.hartleybrody.com)
5215.
Why Young Danes Are Still Having Sex (spectator.com)
5216.
'Chinese Peptides' Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World (nytimes.com)
5217.
Am I the only one who is nervous?
5218.
Pentagon embraces Musk's Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcry (pbs.org)
5219.
Italy Fines Cloudflare for Refusing to Filter Pirate Sites on Public 1.1.1.1 DNS (torrentfreak.com)
5220.
Starlink to lower satellite orbits to avoid space debris (reuters.com)